Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-102
§473b Market Supply, Demand, Condition and Prices; Collection and Publication of Information
Title 7 › CHAPTER 19 — COTTON STATISTICS AND ESTIMATES › § 473b
Summary
Agriculture Secretary must collect, verify, and share up-to-date cotton market info — supply, demand, location, condition, and prices — and post price notices by grade and staple length in cotton areas.
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Title 7, §473b
Agriculture, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The Secretary of Agriculture is also authorized and directed to collect, authenticate, publish, and distribute, by telegraph, radio, mail, or otherwise, timely information on the market supply, demand, location, condition, and market prices for cotton, and to cause to be prepared regularly and distributed for posting at gins, in post offices, or in other public or conspicuous places in cotton-growing communities, information on prices for the various grades and staple lengths of cotton.
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Citation
7 U.S.C. § 473b
Title 7, Agriculture
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102